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30 January 2000 Title Shania Twain vs Debbe Dunning

Page history last edited by Archer844 14 years, 2 months ago

 

MAXIM/REEBOK BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE UNIFICATION

 

 

 

Posted by Simguy on Sunday, 30-Jan-2000 14:33:55

 

Before: Intriguing first step to unify a very competitive division. Dunning the long timer brawling warhorse well known for her magical ability to shed and regain pounds, makes weight to fight Shania but enters the fight the bigger, taller, stronger girl. Dunning favoured, but twain totally confident of victory, pointing to Dunning’s long hard career, shot legs, and single power punch style as being ideal for a real boxer to handle. Shania in black push up, tiger print bikini bottoms, Dunning in pink string bikini, hair up.

 

During R1: Dunning very confident, comes out brawling, hands low, looking to load up on the right hand good night punch, Twain bipping in and out, moving her head, makes Dunning miss, and in the middle minute, a quick left counter on Dunning’s eye has the tall girl weaving backward. Shania working in and out puts fast hands to work on Dunning’s ribs, polishing them up to the bell as Debbe’s right eye begins to swell.

 

R2: Shania known for her cruel pursuit of cuts and damaged eyes, puts the hook to work on Debbe’s right side, repeatedly countering Dunning’s persistent right with pounding lefts on the face. Beautiful sequence midway through as Debbe leans into a right hand—Twain bending inside underneath it and coming up with a banging triple left hook on the eye that puts Dunning on her hands and knees. D up quickly, but that eye is closed, and twain moves to her left, pounding away with jabs to take advantage with a shutout.

 

R3: Shania circling left into Debbe’s blindside, pokes that jab repeatedly onto the swollen eye, hooking hard and pivoting to keep outside Dunning’s right. D can’t get her feet to match Shania’s, and Twain works the angle to perfection, scoring another knockdown as Debbe scoots to her butt off a well timed right to the mouth when her feet cross.

 

R4: Twain virtually unhittable, circling, slashing in to bang with blinding 3 punch combos, then ducking back out at angle to leave Debbe pushing at air. Dunning still not seriously hurt, but she’s getting viciously swarmed and outpointed in one-sided rounds by the quick, constant pressure from Twain,.

 

R5: Twain loading up, starts the combination flowing from her jab, tagging that ruined eye with the hook and bashing away at Debbe’s jugs with swatting right hands. Dunning on her heels for the first time, finds herself backing straight up, taking chopping shots on her face and breasts that she just doesn’t see. D comes up bloodied at Shania banks another shutout.

 

R6: Debbe having some luck with uppercuts early, but Shania soon adjusts, slipping to the side and nailing Dunning flush with wide right hands. Late in the round, Debbe slides along the ropes, Shania stepping with her, clouting Dunning’s face with rights, and Double D crumples to her hands and knees—distraught. Twain still intense, glaring at Debbe from behind the ref as the lanky actress struggles up the ropes.

 

R7: Shania posting another brisk shutout—she’s too quick, too elusive, easily avoiding Debbe’s heavy, but predictable right hands, and savaging Dunning with flurries in response. Dunning taking the punches very well, but her bad balance, and inability tio square up are making her too vulnerable to Shania.

 

R8: Shania getting into exchanges, trying to draw out the last of Dunning’s reserves, and for half the round DD manages to clip Shania with wide lefts, looping rights, while getting chopped up in return. Down the stretch, Shania dips into Dunning’s waist with the shoulder, pivots out, and rips off a series of lead right hands to bang Debbe’s mouthguard off her teeth. D swooning at the bell, is helped to her corner.

 

R9: Shania overcommits on lead right hands, and gets caught a sweet rising right on the mouth that has her hurt early. Dunning with her first real opportunity, pounds away at retreating Shania, sweeping wife lefts and rights onto Twain’s shoulders and back as the smaller brunette ducks and twists away. Debbe herding Twain to the ropes, gets on the smaller girl with a vengeance, reaching down to torch Twain’s ribs with whipping left hands, and fitting a nice clouting right in between Shania’s guard. In the final minute, Dunning has Twain hurt, and pours it on—lefts to the body, short right hands in between the gloves AND SHANIA GOES DOWN!! Twain on her hands and knees, looking done for, but she beats the count and is saved by the bell from further carnage.

 

R10: Debbe all swollen faced and battered looks the hungry fighter as she stalks, hands low—Shania circling left and dancing away behind  the screen of jabs. Debbe can’t get more than a glancing mitt onto twain as Shania’s legs run out the clock—unanimous decision Shania Twain.

 

After: Twain escapes disaster to post one of her best victories ever in upsetting, and exposing Debbe Dunning. Dunning’s horrible footwork, and ponderous slugging were routinely picked apart as Twain stayed focused, and buried her storied opponent in leather. Dunning worn down by Shania’s shots., never really looked to be in danger, but she was powerless to exert her will in the face of Twain’s craftswomanship.

 

Reposted by Archer 1/2/10.

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